ზამთარი

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Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ზამთარი (zamtari), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *za-mt-ar-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ზამ‧თა‧რი

Noun

ზამთარი (zamtari) (plural ზამთარები)

  1. winter

Inflection

Declension of ზამთარი (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative ზამთარი (zamtari)
ergative ზამთარმა (zamtarma)
dative ზამთარს(ა) (zamtars(a))
genitive ზამთრის(ა) (zamtris(a))
instrumental ზამთრით(ა) (zamtrit(a))
adverbial ზამთრად(ა) (zamtrad(a))
vocative ზამთარო (zamtaro)
Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.
Postpositional inflection of ზამთარი (see Georgian postpositions)
postpositions taking a dative case singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) ზამთარზე (zamtarze)
-თან (-tan, near) ზამთართან (zamtartan)
-ში (-ši, in) ზამთარში (zamtarši)
-ვით (-vit, like) ზამთარივით (zamtarivit)
postpositions taking a genitive case singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) ზამთრისთვის (zamtristvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) ზამთრისებრ (zamtrisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) ზამთრისკენ (zamtrisḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) ზამთრისგან (zamtrisgan)
postpositions taking an instrumental case singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) ზამთრიდან (zamtridan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) ზამთრითურთ (zamtriturt)
postpositions taking an adverbial case singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) ზამთრამდე (zamtramde)

Derived terms

See also

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *za-mt-ar-.

Noun

ზამთარი (zamtari)

  1. winter

Descendants

  • Georgian: ზამთარი (zamtari)

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ზამთარი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 162a